Unfortunately, good news is not with us. I have been looking into current news on the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear facility, and it's not pretty. I will cover this in three areas. Work to be performed, reactor #1 meltdown, and seawater.
On Tuesday 17th local time, TEPCO has said it will begin to remove tainted water from the #3 reactor facility.
It is being reported now, that within 16hrs. of the quake that devestated Japan, the reactor #1 core had a meltdown. While many reports state the fuel rods are believed to be partially melted....which has been said all along, word has now leaked that it is likely the rods melted and are pooled in the bottom of the containment vessel. It is also believed that the vessel is heavily damaged with holes and is leaking highly radioactive water into the reactor facility. This is a deteriorating condition that is not being headlined.
I believe that #2 and #3 may also have this same condition. There were headlines that a worker has died at the plant. I have not found the news on this. They are talking of placing a polyester dome over the reactor vessel to trap toxic radioactive elements from escaping. Obviously the gamma rays emitting from the highly radiated water will still kill life.
Japan and TEPCO are trying to save the nuclear site, I thought that was their best move. With fuel rods melted and holes in the containment vessels, I think they need to bury the site in sand and cement now.
Now the radiated ocean.
From Saturday 14th, to Sunday 15th, toxic radioactive cesium near the intake of the #3 reactor went from 2,300 times the legal limit to 3,300 times.
On Wednesday 11th, radioactive iodine at 2,100 times the legal limit was found near the intake of the #2 reactor. Also on the same day, water was found leaking from a pit near the #3 reactor into the ocean containing radioactive cesium at 32,000 times the legal limit! They are trying to fix a deteriorating condition. Please visit an ad on this page, Thank You.
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